Note 3 — THE BALD BARRYS, OR THE BLESSED THORN OF KILDINAN.

Dr Smith, in his History of the County of Cork, thus mentions Colonel Barry:—“The town of Rathcormack also belongs to this gentleman, who is descended from an ancient branch of the Barry family, commonly called M’Adam, who have been seated here 500 years, and formerly sat in parliament; particularly David de Barry of Rathcormack, who sat in the upper house, in a parliament held 30th Edward I., 1302. South of Rathcormack is a fair stone bridge over the Bride, upon which is this inscription,—‘The foundation of this bridge was laid June 22, 1734; Colonel Redmund Barry, Jonas Devonshire, and James Barry, gentlemen, being overseers thereof.’”